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Welcome Kaimenyi, but be warned about Ardhi House

Tuesday saw Prof Jacob Kaimenyi moved to what is easily one of the most acrimonious portfolios - the Lands ministry. Nearly every administration has struggled to get a grip on the ills facing the lands sector and many will be waiting anxiously to see what the professor will bring to Ardhi House.

Here is a tip: The fights at the Education ministry will have done little to prepare you for a sector in the grip of cartels and mafia-like criminal elements. Sossion and Co might be tough-talking, but the most they can throw at the Cabinet Secretary in charge are threats issued at press conferences with one finger in the air spiced with chants of solidarity.

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